Improved corkscrew



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ADT, OF WOLCOTTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ELISHA TUR- NER, OF SAME PLACE.

IM PROVED CORKSCREW.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,640, dated May 8, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN ADT, of Wolcottville, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented, made, au d applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Case and Handle for Corkscrews, Gimlets, Ste. and I do hereby declare the following,` to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the said invention, reference being had to the anneXed drawings, making,` part of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is an exterior view of the handle. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the corkscrew; and Fig. 8 islan end View ofthe two together.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

The nature of my said invention consists in a slotted metallic case adapted to receive the gimlet or corkscrew, in combination with a T-head to said gimlet or corkscrew, which is entered within said case, the slot taking the shank in orde-r that the handle may be formed by the case, thus causing the hollow case for the gimlet, when not in use, to answer for the handle to said instrument when set together for use.

Inthe drawings, a is a case formed with a spiral slot, b, by bending,` up a strip of metal or by cutting said slot into a metallic tube. This case is to be of a size adapted to the reception of the corkscrew or gimlet c, and a small hub, d, around the same, near the T-head e, entering.;` the open end of the case, retains said gimlet or corkscrew in consequence of the slight spring of the end of the case itself, produced by its being slotted. The T-head e is of a size to fit the inside of the case c, and the shank of the instrument between the hub d and T-head e corresponds in diameter to the width of the slot b, so that the T`head e can be passed endwise into the handle until the shank reaches the end of the slot l), when the instrumentis ready for use. The reverse movement disconnects the parts, so that the instru ment may be returned into its case.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The slotted metallic case a, in combination with the T-head e of the instrument c, as and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 19th day ot" March, A. D. 1866.

JOHN ADT.

Witnesses H. S. BARBOUR, JN0. M. BARBOUR. 

